Francis E. Townsend

(1867-1960) lived in Franklin, Franklin County, and in Omaha. Physician, originator of old-age revolving pension plan in 1930s, leader of social movement that influenced passage of the Social Security Act of 1935, appeared on cover of Newsweek, January 26, 1935 and December 28, 1935. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald, February 8, 1998, p. B-3 and American National Biography, Vol 21 (1999) 784-786.

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